WELCOME!

Snaked is available for preorder from multiple platforms.

I'd love to get something going with this book. It is probably my best book so far, and it got better under the stewardship of Cohesion Press.

If any of you are people who have read my works before or want to see what I'm about, I have Advanced Readers Copies available for reviews.

Meanwhile, you can preorder the book from the following:

https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/snaked

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/snaked-duncan-mcgeary/1126988062

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074W9345N/

Sea Monster trilogy from Cohesion Press

"Snaked" comes on the heels of two other sea monster books by Cohesion Press, so I'm appropriating their success, jumping their bandwagon. Both "Fathomless" and "Primordial" have done very well.

And they all have beautiful blue covers!

"Snaked: Deep Sea Rising" is due out on Sept. 28, and it looks like Cohesion Press is nicely behind it. It's my idea to think of it as a thematic trilogy, I hope they don't mind.

What fun!

Genesis of "Tuskers."

I had a friend move down to Arizona, and he started complaining about javelinas knocking over his lawn furniture, digging up his garden, chasing his dog.

I had a vision of him, Conan the Barbarian mode, standing on top of a pile of pigs, swinging a baseball bat as he's besieged from all sides.

A silly thought. But I wrote the first chapter...and then the second. "The Wild Pig Aporkacalpse."

In the second book, "Day of the Long Pig," I didn't hold back, I let the ideas flow, even if they did include "zombie" pigs.

Book three, "The Omnivore War" was more or less the beginning of "Planet of the Pigs."

And now, this fourth book, "Rise of the Cloven" is about the synthesis of human and porcine culture.

All along it was written perfectly seriously, though most people thought it was camp. But really, pigs are very intelligent--I didn't see it as that much of a stretch. I mean, as long as we're talking fantastical fiction, right?

It turned into a little world of its own, that to me is perfectly viable and fun.

Tuskers IV is coming out in August, 2017.

The conclusion of the Wild Pig Apocalypse.

Here it is: Civilization has collapsed. The zombie virus, on top of the destruction of the fragile human infrastructure, has devastated the population. Three surviving groups emerge out of the chaos: In the north, a zombie horde led by the Tusker, Napoleon, has vowed to return and kill the last uninfected humans; in the south, a heavily armed band of humans has vowed to wipe out the Tuskers; and stuck in the middle lies the small desert town of Carver. Unaware of the impending struggle, Carver is a small community of human and Tusker children, raised together, taught to accept each other, and doing their best to survive the ‘Aporkcalypse,’ while feverishly trying to discover a cure to the virus. Inevitably, as the Tusker and human armies converge, the small community must find a way to survive. Even more, they must find a way to end the conflict before both species are destroyed.

Genesis of "Snaked." (coming out in September, 2017

A few years ago there was an article in the paper about venomous sea snakes washing up on the shores of California, thousands of miles from where they should be.

I filed that away.

Then Linda and I went for a weekend on the Oregon Coast and there were Tsunami signs everywhere we turned. It's wasn't hard to imagine the panic, the running for the hills.

Put the two together and it's a book. I start writing the book, and an autistic character pops up who is affected by the venom of the snake, and suddenly the book has slightly more depth.

I wrote this book with the template of "Tuskers" in mind, but of course within a few chapters it went in a different direction. Looking back on it, there's a real "Jaws" element to it, though it wasn't intentional.

I thought when I finished that it was my best book.

Geoff at Cohesion felt I'd dropped the snakes a little too much in the last third of the book in favor of the tsunami. Without de-emphasizing the tsunami, I was added four snake chapters to the end of the book, and he was right. It was a better story.

AJ and Geoff put me through too more rewrites, each time amping up the danger of the sea snakes and the earthquake/tsunami, and again they were right. It made it a better book. Frankly, this is the first time I've really had an editor ask for substantial changes, and I welcomed it.

I hope people like it as much as I do.

Free Mars! "Spunky red-haired, freckled Sceeter has had enough. In the depths of the tunnels she scrawls "FREE MARS!" and before she knows it, the rebellion has begun, with her as its leader!"

The story is inspired by the utterly bonzo, but strangely wonderful conspiracy theory of child slave colonies on Mars.If ever there was a call for a Heinleinesque young adult/adult science fiction adventure, this was it.

"Sceeter Lives!"

My Short story about Child Slave Colonies on Mars.

Oh, it's real folks.

And a little fable. No one believes the little man when he tells his stories, but they're all true.

To Catch up with the Tuskers Saga:

Long pig. (among the Maori and Polynesian peoples) human flesh as food for cannibals. —Dictionary.com Barry and Jenny inherited a fortune, with a single stipulation: that they hunt down and eradicate the Tuskers. They can only hope the Tuskers are gone. They aren't sure they can follow through on the genocide of an entire new species. Genghis, the smartest and most ruthless of the Tuskers, survives. Deep in the desert, he breeds with the wild pig population. These mutants learn from humans, and quickly surpass them. Tuskers II continues Duncan McGeary's Wild Pig Apocalypse series.

The wild pig invasion of Saguaro was a three day wonder. But Cathy Comfort, host of the cable crime program, Cathy Comfort's Justice, senses there was something more to the story than rabid pigs. With her young producer, Seth, she heads to Arizona to investigate, little realizing she's landing right in the middle of the Aporkcalypse. The Tuskers are alive and breeding and smarter than ever. With the young scientific genius, Tesla, and the military leader, Napoleon, they are ready to take on humanity. Only one species will survive The Omnivore Wars. Tuskers III continues Duncan McGeary's Wild Pig Apocalypse series.

Last, but not least, tuskers.

Tuskers. Barry had created a little piece of paradise in his southern Arizona backyard—until the javelinas came. His battle to rid his property of the wild pigs soon escalated into war. Too late, he realized these weren't ordinary animals. They were something new, something meaner and smarter. These pigs weren't just at war with him; they were at war with the human race. AND THE HUMANS WERE LOSING. McGeary says he was inspired by a "nature strikes back" theme. "We keep pushing nature and it's going to backfire on us someday. We are pushing into natural places, and the wildlife is either adapting or dying. My idea [with Tuskers] is that someday they are going to mutate or adapt in a way that is dangerous to humans." Tuskers is the first volume in Duncan McGeary's Wild Pig Apocalypse series.

Led to the slaughter: The Donner party werewolves

The Dead SPend No Gold: Bigfoot and the California Gold Rush.

Trapped in the Sierra Nevada without food, The Donner Party are led to the slaughter. After being manipulated and coerced into a string of bad decisions, the travelers, frozen and abandoned, find themselves unable to go forward or back, and are preyed upon by werewolves in their midst––the very people they thought were friends.

A tale of resilience, horror, and betrayal, the survivors of the expedition are hunted. But the human spirit endures.

As the creatures grow hungry and desperate, a showdown is born between the people struggling to retain their humanity, and the creatures seeking a massacre.

Told from the diaries of young Virginia Reed and others in the party, the truth is finally revealed.

What people are saying:

“Duncan McGeary is an accomplished writer who knows how to tell a great story. Led to the Slaughter is a riveting tale sure to please the most discerning reader.” ~ Mike Richardson, Emmy award winning producer and founder of Dark Horse Comics

“If you like your history with a sprinkling of killer lycanthropes, have I got a book for you. Duncan McGeary’s new novel, Led to the Slaughter: The Donner Party Werewolves, offers an alternate explanation for the cannibalism in the Donner Party, and is a welcome addition to the ranks of alternative histories.” ~ Steve Perry, New York Times Bestselling Author of Men in Black, The Mask, and Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

Buy Led to the Slaughter: The Donner Party Werewolves here: Smashwords / Amazon. Available at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Kobo.About the Author:

Duncan McGeary is the owner of the bookstore Pegasus Books of Bend, located in downtown Bend, Oregon. He is the author of the fantasy novels Star Axe, Snowcastles, and Icetowers, and the author of several horror novels, including Led to the Slaughter and the Vampire Evolution Trilogy. His wife Linda is also a writer; together they attend a writer's group in Oregon. Duncan has two children: Todd, an artist, and Toby, a chef.

The continuing adventures of Virginia Reed!Virginia Reed survived the Donner Party Werewolves only to find herself in a life and death struggle with a creature out of nightmares. When gold is discovered, California becomes flooded with miners who push Indian tribes from their lands, or kill them if they refuse to leave. But there is a creature in the mountains that won’t be so easily removed, who reacts to the invasion of his territory by slaying everyone who trespasses.

“Duncan McGeary is an accomplished writer who knows how to tell a great story.” ~ Mike Richardson, Emmy award winning producer and founder of Dark Horse Comics

“There’s monsters in them thar hills, and the weird west was never wilder. ‘The Dead Spend No Gold’ is a fine tale to be spun around some High Sierra campfire—as long as you don’t mind lying awake all night, wondering what that sound was off there in the trees…” ~ Jim Cornelius, Frontier Partisans

The vampire evolution trilogy

Books of the Dead Press

Death of an immortal

Book One of Vampire Evolution.

Available from Amazon, Smashwords, Apple, and Barnes & Noble.The most powerful and feared vampire disappeared at the height of his powers and passed into legend. Most vampires think he’s dead. He is not dead. Terrill has gone into hiding to evade his bitter enemy’s wrath, and has vowed never to kill another human. But one night his vampire nature reasserts itself, and he kills an innocent young woman.

Instead of running, he sets out to make amends. His quest for redemption goes terribly wrong, and Terrill finds himself reduced to hiding in woodsheds and caves. Soon both humans and vampires are chasing him. His only hope lies in the most downtrodden of men and women, and in the mercy of a girl who has little reason to forgive him, and every reason to hate him.

"If you like your undead to be more Fright Night than Twilight, Duncan McGeary's Vampire Evolution Trilogy will be your cup of gore." ~ Steve Perry, New York Times Bestselling Author of Men in Black, The Mask, and Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

RULE OF VAMPIRE

Jamie is on the run. Nobody taught her how to be a vampire; no one told her the Rules of Vampire. How was she supposed to know her limits? Now the vampire hunters want her dead, and the Council of Vampires is looking for her, too.

Every human Jamie bites becomes a vampire, and the feral Wilderings she creates are rampaging through the town of Crescent City. To stop this infestation the legendary Terrill joins forces with the Vampire Council and confronts the danger. But something unexpected happens along the way. Terrill becomes the first of a new breed––a golden Vampire who can walk in the sunlight.

Blood of Gold

Book Three of Vampire Evolution

Available from Amazon, Smashwords, Apple, and Barnes & Noble.Terrill was the most ruthless of vampires, but over the long centuries of his existence he has evolved into a Golden Vampire, renouncing violence, able to walk among humans and in sunlight. What he didn’t know––what no one knew––was that the evolution was directed by forces bigger than himself.

Terrill and others of his kind have evolved into a higher form of vampire, but another type of vampire has emerged, too. Shadow Vampires can walk in sunlight, for they carry the darkness with them, in their souls and their bodies. And they are determined to destroy everyone in their way, especially the Golden Vampires… who are the only ones who can stop them.

Who am I?

Hi,everyone. My name is Duncan McGeary.

I wrote three mass market paperbacks in the early 1980's. STAR AXE, 1980; SNOWCASTLES, 1981; AND ICETOWERS, 1982. (Published by Tower Books.) SNOWCASTLES was also published in England by Stoneshire Press.

Bought a comic book store, Pegasus Books of Bend, Oregon in 1984 and married my wonderful wife, Linda, who I met in the writers' group, Farewell Bend Writers Roundtable: had two instant sons, Todd and Toby, and my writing career took a backseat to business and family for the next 30 years.

The business is doing great, my kids are off on their own, and I finally have time to write again.

I've written on my blog BEST MINIMUM WAGE JOB A MIDDLE AGED GUY EVER HAD, every day for the last eleven years.(!) Starting in August, 2017, I am posting my blog on this site. I mostly talk about writing these days, though I also talk about my store.

My Facebook is here. Please feel free to Friend me. I've also started a Duncan McGeary author website which I'll be talking about writing a bunch, so go and 'Like' me.

My Early BoOks.

cyberpunk fantasy

This was my first book, a fantasy published in 1980. I intend to put out an ebook version of this in the future, with the original cover.

Snowcastles and Icetowers are part on one story, and were published in 1980 and 1981. These too I hope to put out in ebook form in the future, with the original cover of Snowcastles.

I wrote this in my earlier career.

I always liked this book, but I want a chance to go over it a couple of times before I put it out. This is a photo copied image from my own files that I think works very nicely.I'm still sitting on this, because I've been busy writing new stuff. I still love the cover, I'm just making sure the book is complete.